Acacia Streaming Video Lawsuit

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According to reports, Acacia has sued several cable and satellite providers for infringing its patents relating to streaming video with compression. (E.g., U.S. Patent 5,132,992).

Acacia is seeking licensing fees of $1.25 per home per year for cable subscribers to video-on-demand services; $1 per home per year for digital cable subscribers and 50 cents per home per year for analog cable subscribers.

Link. Acacia already has ongoing suits with dozens of porn website providers alleging infringement of the same patents. More recently, EFF has identified Acacia’s patents in its list of “problem” patents.